CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Teacher Education

Bachelor of Secondary Education
“Ad Optimum Educans”
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
A. Use synonyms appropriately in meaningful sentences

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Homonyms
B. Reference: Making meaning in Afro- Asian Literature III by Joyce Mendez et.al
C. Materials: Visual aids, manila paper, strip of papers, photo copies
D. Skills Developed: Analysis
E. Teaching Strategies: Camaraderie

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Students’ activity
A. Recall previous discussion
1. What is homonyms
Homonyms are words that sound like but
have different meanings and spelled the
same or not.
2. What are the two types of
homonyms? And give
examples. Homographs- these are words with the
same spelling but different meaning. Like
lead-the metal
lead-attaches to a dog’s collar
pike- the fish
pike- the weapon

Homophones-these are words with the same

sound but with different spellings and
meaning. Like
Place-the location
Plaice-the fish
bear-the animal
Bear-meaning naked

B. Lesson Proper
Task 1: Supply the correct homonym.
Instruction: Select the correct homonym
to complete the following sentences.

1. The girl washed her (hare, hair) with

shampoo. -hair
2. Amelia’s mother put some (flower,
flour) into the cake mixture. -flour
 3. The (sun, son) is very bright.
-sun
4. She (new, knew) how much the coat
cost without even looking.
-knew
5. The boy was chased by a huge (bare,
bear).
-bear
6. I (right, write) with my right hand
-write

Task 2: Choose the correct spelling to

complete each sentence.

1. Tony changed jobs to (urn-earn)

more money. -earn
2. My favorite (bury-berry) is the
blackcurrant. -berry
3. I couldn’t (fined-find) my watch. -find
4. The (affect-effect) of the tornado
was awful. -effect
5. We’ll have a barbeque at the (beach-
beech). -beach
6. We took a (ferry-fairy) from the
island to the mainland. -ferry
7. Jim found the (leek-leak) and fixed
it. -leak
8. I have a (soar-sore) throat and a
slight fever -soar
9. Torn poured milk on his (serial-
cereal). -cereal
10. The plaster cast will help the broken
bone (heel-heal). -heal

C. Generalization

1. What are homonyms?

-homonyms are words with the same
spelling and pronunciation that have
different meanings.
2. Give examples of homonyms.
1. I left my phone on the left side of
the room.
 left -to leave
 left- place
2. The crane flew above the
construction crane.
 crane- a bird
 crane- a machine used at
construction
3. The band is very popular but is
banned in our country.
 Band- a small group of musicians
  Banned- something that is
disallowed or illegal

3. What is the importance of studying

homonyms? Learning homonyms and its sub
types help children understand the
context of the sentences that contain
words with multiple meanings.

With our knowledge of the complex uses of

homonyms teaches us how to write and
analyze many forms of figurative language
and cryptic wordplay

IV. Evaluation

Instruction: Give at least 3 examples of

homonyms and used it in a sentence.

V. Assignment

A. Advance:
Have an advance study on the order of
adjectives and list at least 5 examples.
(10 points)

Reference: English Book, google.com

Prepared by:
JULIE ANN C. HERNANDO
(Student-Teacher)

Checked by:
JANETTE M. PASICOLAN
(Mentor)